18.2 -
Mustafizur Rahman to Pandya, FOUR, has he cleared the rope? Just short! Almost a maximum. Lovely use of the crease. He knows that Mustafizur Rahman is going to angle it across him, so he opens himself up while also going deep in the crease, he carves this with hard hands and it flies over backward point. Pandya moves on to 28 off 11 balls
17.4 -
Al-Amin to Pandya, FOUR, he's batting ahead of Dhoni and he's justifying that move. Full toss from Al-Amin, Pandya flicks with a strong bottom hand grip and deep mid-wicket was a mere spectator as it rocketed past him to his right
17.3 -
Al-Amin to Pandya, FOUR, this is carved away nicely. Fullish in length from Al-Amin, Pandya slices it hard through cover-point, there was a man in the deep but he had no chance. This is a great cameo from Pandya
16.1 -
Mustafizur Rahman to Pandya, FOUR, now that is sliced nicely by Pandya. Good length delivery angled across, Pandya was slightly late on the cut as the ball skidded on, but the timing was good enough to beat third man
16.0 -
Mortaza to Rohit, FOUR, wow! Just wow! What timing and what power from Rohit. Mortaza offers a fullish freebie just outside off stump, Rohit backs away slightly and creams the drive hard to the left of extra-cover and he hardly moved after hitting that ball. Knew that it was a certain boundary
15.5 -
Mortaza to Rohit, FOUR, it's up in the air again but lands safely at cow corner. Shortish slower delivery, Rohit pulls, the bat turns in his hands as he makes contact with the ball, long-on runs to his right but could get there only after the ball crossed the rope
14.3 -
Shakib to Rohit, FOUR, Shakib goes very full, Rohit gets down low and executes the sweep shot to perfection through the vacant square leg region. Timed it so well and split deep backward square leg and deep mid-wicket to perfection
13.2 -
Mustafizur Rahman to Yuvraj, FOUR, oh what a shot! Why play those fancy shots when you can do so well with normal stuff? Overpitched outside off stump at about 129kph, Yuvraj off-drives sweetly from the middle of the bat, mid-off dives but fails to stop the ball
11.3 -
Mortaza to Rohit, FOUR, fine leg is inside the ring and to bowl a leg-stump line is a sin. Short of a length delivery on the leg stump, Rohit helps it on its way to the left of the man at 45 and picks up another boundary
11.0 -
Taskin Ahmed to Rohit, FOUR, oh dear! This is sloppy from Bangladesh! Short of a length delivery outside off stump, Rohit opens the face of the bat at the last moment and guides it to third man. The fielder at third man was probably moved to his right after a four and six to his rigth earlier in the over, this time Rohit places it to his left, he actually covered the ground and got to the ball, but fumbled and let it go through his legs
10.4 -
Taskin Ahmed to Rohit, FOUR, Rohit starts to hurt straightaway. This is poor bowling from Taskin Ahmed. Short and wide outside off stump, Rohit just opens the face of the bat and guides it past backward point, the timing was so good and third man no chance
5.5 -
Al-Amin to Raina, FOUR, there is that slight movement to the leg-side from Raina to give some room and he cuts this short of length delivery nicely off the back foot and past the man at backward point
5.2 -
Al-Amin to Raina, FOUR, in the air and just wide of the fielder. For a moment it looked like the man at short cover had it! Fullish and outside off stump, Raina steps out and tries to drive, gets it on the bottom of the bat, hence no timing and the replay shows that the fielder couldn't get a hand despite a full length dive to his right
2.3 -
Taskin Ahmed to Kohli, FOUR, oh almost chopped on! The ball is doing enough for Taskin Ahmed when he tries to bowl the inswingers, but for me, he is not bowling those enough and trying too many variations. Stick to the incoming delivery Taskin! Short of a length delivery outside off stump, Kohli was on the back foot to punch again, but the ball jagged back a long way and almost shaved the sticks. Unlucky for the bowler that a good ball has gone for four
2.0 -
Al-Amin to Rohit, FOUR, nicely punched off the back foot and Rohit hardly moved after timing that ball so sweetly. He knew that this was a certain boundary as soon as it passed that diving fielder at cover. Slightly back of a length and outside off stump, Rohit allows the ball to come and then punches with lovely hands to the left of the man at cover. First boundary of the game
20.0 -
Al-Amin to Dhoni, SIX, a chance for me to once again say, "Dhoni finishes off in style." Short of a length slower delivery from Al-Amin, sat up nicely for Dhoni, who swivelled and muscled the pull shot way back over the backward square leg boundary
17.0 -
Mustafizur Rahman to Pandya, SIX, in the slot and that's muscled. Pandya is known for his big hitting. Pandya waits for the ball to come and plays a wristy slog, the timing was very good and it easily cleared the mid-wicket boundary
16.3 -
Mustafizur Rahman to Rohit, SIX, it's up in the air, who wants it? There is a fielder there, Shakib it is again, and he's tipped this over the bar. Short of a length delivery on the stumps, actually a slower ball, but Rohit has such good hands that he managed to time that flick so well despite the lack of pace on the ball, Shakib at deep backward square leg was very close to the rope, in fact, his feet were touching the rope when he attempted that catch and would have been six anyway even if he had caught it
15.4 -
Mortaza to Rohit, SIX, in the airrrr, not from the middle of the bat, Shakib runs back and jumps high but it evades him. Slower delivery outside off stump, Rohit steps out and tries to loft hard, went more off the bottom of the bat, yet it had enough legs to clear the fence
10.5 -
Taskin Ahmed to Rohit, SIX, this is even shorter in length and this is an excellent shot from Rohit. Short and wide outside off stump, Rohit upper-cuts and deliberately hits it in the air over backward point, sweet timing and it sails all the way. This is turning out to be a great over for India after that dropped catch
19.4 -
Al-Amin to Pandya, out Caught by Mahmudullah!! That is the end of a fine cameo from Hardik Pandya. Full and angled in, Pandya tries to loft it over the rope, but doesn't get the distance and holes out to long-on. Pandya punches his glove with the incoming batsman. The good thing for India is that Dhoni has crossed over and he will be on strike for the next ball. Pandya c Mahmudullah b Al-Amin 31(18) [4s-4 6s-1]
19.2 -
Al-Amin to Rohit, out Caught by Soumya Sarkar!! Now that is a stunning catch in the deep. Needed some brilliance to remove Rohit Sharma and Soumya Sarkar has taken a blinder. Rohit slowly drags himself off the field after an excellent innings. Al-Amin bangs the slower ball short, Rohit sits back and plays the pull, hits it flat, the man at deep mid-wicket runs to his left, dives low and takes it with both hands. This is a key wicket for Bangladesh at this stage, for Rohit was threatening to go big. Rohit c Soumya Sarkar b Al-Amin 83(55) [4s-7 6s-3]
14.5 -
Shakib to Yuvraj, out Caught by Soumya Sarkar!! Out comes the slog-sweep, but it doesn't get the required elevation. Hit it hard, hit it decently, maybe slightly off the bottom of of the bat, but it went quickly and the fielder at deep mid-wicket made no mistake. Flighted delivery on the stumps, Yuvraj gets down on one knee and tries to muscle one out of the ground, unfortunately he couldn't get the placement right. The fielder there moved slightly to his right and swallowed the ball. Yuvraj c Soumya Sarkar b Shakib 15(16) [4s-1]
7.5 -
Mahmudullah to Raina, out Bowled!! Look at those scenes in the stands. Raina wears a dejected look on his face as he walks back. On a green pitch, a spinner comes on and the batsman thinks I can attack him straightaway, but that ploy has backfired for Raina. Thankfully he didn't look back, for the middle stump was shattered. Credit to Mahmudullah for shortening the length on seeing Raina advance, the left-hander wasn't to the pitch of the ball, yet wanted to drive, a high-risk shot as you won't be covering the line and the ball easily sneaked through to hit the top of middle stump. Raina b Mahmudullah 13(13) [4s-2]
4.3 -
Mortaza to Kohli, out Caught by Mahmudullah!! So how crucial was the dive from the fielder the previous ball to save what was looking like a certain boundary. He not only stopped the boundary, but he also forced Kohli to be on strike for this ball and Bangladesh have the big fish now. Small things do matter in life! Don't they? Nothing but a length delivery from Mortaza, the frustration probably got to Kohli, who was beaten twice in the previous over. He tried to go over the top this time around and totally mistimed it - the ball hit him high on the bat. The man at mid-off settled under it and took it reverse-cup style. Massive blow for India. Kohli c Mahmudullah b Mortaza 8(12) [4s-1]
1.3 -
Al-Amin to Dhawan, out Bowled!! Out goes the off stump! Al-Amin roars in delight with all the support from the capacity crowd. What a sight for a fast bowler! Got to move your feet, Shikhar Dhawan, got to move your feet. Good length delivery pitching around middle and off from over the wicket and then nipping back in, Dhawan went for the drive with a big gap between bat pad. His front foot hardly moved and it easily sneaked through the gate to hit the top of off stump. So the captain wins the toss and looks for an early wicket, Al-Amin responds in kind. Dhawan b Al-Amin 2(4)
10.3 -
Taskin Ahmed to Rohit, no run, in the airrrr and dropped. Shakib Al Hasan the culprit at backward point. Good to see a smile on Taskin Ahmed's face despite the catch going down. This is full and just tailing away outside off stump, Rohit square-drives the ball really well, he actually hit it very hard and it was too quick for Shakib there. In fact, the replay shows that the ball came at at awkward height for Shakib there. It was slightly to his left and around chest height, because it came quickly at it, he couldn't do it reverse-cup style
14.2 -
Shakib to Yuvraj, 1 run, tossed up outside off stump, Yuvraj drives it to sweeper cover and brings up the fifty partnership
14.1 -
Shakib to Rohit, 1 run, 10th T20I fifty for Rohit. He steps out and drives this flighted delivery hard but straight to long-off. Just a gentle raise of the bat and his team-mates applaud from the dug-out